The daily herald. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1886-1887, 1887-03-26
SUNDAY READING.
One of Beechefs Very Last Sermons

have been one of the greatest preachers
of the age, died on March 9Th. The
following is a report Of sermon deliv-
cred by him in Plymouth Church,
Brooklyn, on Sunday, February 27th,
one week and two days before his
DEATH This must have been one of
MIR. Beecher's very last sermons, and
the summary of 1t given below is re-
produced from the New York Heyald'
'cFor she said, il l touch but his gar
ment shall be made whole. Mark
" IS. This was the text selected by
Mr.. Beecher Sunday at Plymouth
Church, and in the course of his ser
mon he said;--
There ere two kinds of touch refer
red to in this chapter; one which Jairus
mentions when he said.-"My little
daughter is at the point Of death; l
pray thee that thou come and lay thy
hands on her that she may be made
whole and live"
Then there is that of the suppliant,
of which this is an eminent ey' ple-
the touch that was laid " ,nrist.
There was a great diff, in the
two, but both came to tn ,ame thing.
The faith of the woman rested entirely
upon her trust and belief in Him, and
that led her to come to Him. 1t was
spiritual power that took in aphysical
result. Christ sought to produce, first,
an effect on the soul and then out of
that to develop physical effect.
Many Of the miracles have those two
elements manifested. 1t was faith in
this case that Availability faith has
made thee whole" There was the
same thing in the Syro-PhGnician
woman.
Souls touch each other in various
ways. People live together in bodily
contact, but are only related to each
other in soul by many removes. Ten
thousand welded souls are to each
other simply as the blade is to the
knife. There are some who come into
sympathy with each other only through
the cradle. The cradle is oft the re.
conciler of husband and wife. The
coming together of soul with SOUL and
by that rarer influence that no man
can describe, is not very frequent; that
condition Of being in which every
faculty finds sympathy with the faculty
OF each other is not only the rarest,
but it is the highest form of com.
munion. 1t is the revelation of that
law which rises into the highest intel
lectual and spiritual development
This you know TO be a matter Of
fact. You see it. You have friends in
whom you see these very conditions
Multitudes OF persons live together who
have never really lived together in their
lives.
1t will not do for us to be merely
technically born again, or ecclesiastic-
ally born again, All such experiences
do not reach the higher attitudes Of q
spiritual life. In the last sermon Of
Christ to His disciples, He said aye
shall know that | am in my father
and you in me, and in YOU" The
apostles declaration Of being in the
Lord Jesus Christ has also a significant
meaning. Running all through The
| Testament there is the idea inculcateC
! that We may rise' and be one with
2 Christ.
Now this union with Christ is tn,
consummation of Christian experience
and with multitudes of persons it ha
; never been reached, A sunburst i
r better than nothing, but a sun that roll
/ around the world giving forth its radi
ance is far better We know little o
nothing about our souls yet; we know
d about morals, about society, about tn
i laws Of morality and obligations be
il tween man and man, but when
o comes to consecrated imagination, t,
!. communion with God, what we do know
+ about il
II There are revelations and single eX
e periences in a mans life that reach GU
r, to high attitudes Of spiritual life, blu
c we do not take advantage Of them, an,
y they don't come again.
l. 1t is given to me sometimes on tn,
o Sabbath morning which the Who'll
= week is but preparation-to lie OF
If my bed and have such sublime expe
c riences and such spiritual insight tina
Al | inwardly resolve to give the peopl
= some idea of them in my sermon Blu
a the sermon is preached, and it did no
e contain any of these heavenly vision:
n The best sermons / have ever made il
s. my life are those which / have neve
y preached.
i Our sins and our troubles are not s.
: grievous to US as this woman
d lnhrmity; yet they are troubles, an,
IS they are hard sins. We are foolish an,
n run after mems smiles, but their smile
y are great disappointments. An ur
VI qualified worldliness is a great weigh
If upon u.s.
t But ye may come boldly to til
y Throne of Grace, for we have hig